Went to the Range today

[F22RaptorDude]

Two languages. First Russian, it reads "wonderfully spent time", second Armenian .



 Sorry guys, don't know what the hell happened.

Did It freeze and you kept pushing the post button? I do that sometimes.

[M0nkey_Man]

  you must of tried hard for that one

[mbailey]

fairly sure its 18 1/4 but its been a bit and that was in Texas...

Its a Federal Law (National Firearms Act ("NFA"),  anything under 18" you need to get the Fed Tax stamp.(civilian ownership) Just like owning a machine gun or suppressor.



The Act defines a number of categories of regulated firearms. These weapons are collectively known as NFA firearms and include the following:

Machine guns - this includes any firearm which can fire more than 1 cartridge per trigger pull. Both continuous fully-automatic fire and "burst fire" (i.e., firearms with a 3-round burst feature) are considered machine gun features. The weapon's receiver is by itself considered to be a regulated firearm. Courts have held that where a worn Firearm malfunctions in such a way as to fire multiple cartridges one or more times, this makes it a machine gun.

Short barreled rifles (SBRs) - this category includes any firearm with a buttstock and either a rifled barrel under 16" long or an overall length under 26". The overall length is measured with any folding or collapsing stocks in the extended position. The category also includes firearms which came from the factory with a buttstock that was later removed by a third party. (some smaller "trapper" type rilles are allowed though

Short barreled shotguns (SBSs) - this category is defined similarly to SBRs, but the length limit for the barrel is 18" instead of 16", and the barrel must be a smoothbore. The minimum overall length limit remains 26".

Suppressors - this includes any portable device designed to muffle or disguise the report of a portable firearm. This category does not include non-portable devices, such as sound traps used by gunsmiths in their shops which are large and usually bolted to the floor.

[Penguin]

So a double-barreled shotgun counts as a machinegun?

-Penguin

[PFactorDave]

So a double-barreled shotgun counts as a machinegun?

No, a single trigger pull only fires one barrel.  On a single trigger gouble barrel, you have to pull the trigger twice to fire both.  On a double trigger gun, you have to pull each trigger once to fire both barrels, so two trigger pulls.

[Penguin]

No, I meant that if one trigger fired both barrels at once.

-Penguin

[canacka]

No, it wouldn't be considered a machine gun.  A machine gun loads itself, (like a machine).  He has but 2 rounds and 2 barrels and fired at the same time.

[Penguin]

Aha, so if I built that metalstorm thing and went to the range it'd be all good?

-Penguin

[Wildcat1]

Aha, so if I built that metalstorm thing and went to the range it'd be all good?

-Penguin

[Penguin]

It was a joke...   I have no idea how to build that.

-Penguin

[F22RaptorDude]

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[LThunderpocket]

come on down to Pendleton,we can shoot some guns

[MaSonZ]

got a buddy who has more guns then God. shot me a WWII Springfield, and a ~1913 Swiss riflemans rifle (dunno name, he was drawing a blank at the time, but he knew the age and that it was a swiss riflemans rifle.). one of my other buddies has gone countless times and hasnt shot all his guns. next time i go if its an interesting set of guns ill get some videos.

[Yossarian]

Quick question: what is so fun about shooting guns?  (or alternatively, what's so fun/cool about guns?)

This is actually a question, and not a troll.

[saggs]

Quick question: what is so fun about shooting guns?  (or alternatively, what's so fun/cool about guns?)

This is actually a question, and not a troll.

Try it and see.  

For me it's the challenge of seeing how good I can be.  My favorite kind of shooting is stuff like skeet, and sporting clays because it is a challenge, and loads of fun.  It's hard to describe the feeling on a sporting clays course, standing there, trying to anticipate where the clay is going to go, hoping that your reflexes are quick enough to get it.

Alternatively I think stationary targets with rifles or handguns is fun in a different way.  It's all about precision, controlling your breathing, perfecting your grip, judging the wind, getting a perfect squeeze, trying to get this grouping just a little tighter then the last one.  I've never done any competition target shooting, to me it's always just a competition against myself.

Not just guns either, I enjoy archery for the same reasons, some of the most fun I've had is bowfishing.














Also, guns are just cool.